#36BBD1#36BBD1

#36BBD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#36BBD1
RGBrgb(54, 187, 209)
HSLhsl(189, 63%, 52%)
HSVhsv(189, 74%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(70.12, -27.81, -21.27)
CIE-LCHlch(70.12, 35.01, 217.42°)
OKLaboklab(73.16% -0.0976 -0.0592)
OKLCHoklch(73.16% 0.114 211.2)
XYZxyz(30.7953, 40.9247, 66.5855)
Luminance0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36BBD1 #D14C36
analogous
#36D19A #36BBD1 #366ED1
triadic
#36BBD1 #D136BB #BBD136
tetradic
#36BBD1 #9A36D1 #D14C36 #6ED136
square
#36BBD1 #9A36D1 #D14C36 #6ED136
split-complementary
#36BBD1 #D1366E #D19A36
monochromatic
#1A6672 #2692A4 #36BBD1 #68CCDC #9ADDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#36BBD1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19
#36BBD1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBD1
9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36BBD1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##36BBD11.002.299.199.19
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1921.001.001.00
##0000009.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9B4D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94A5D1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36bbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 211.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfdf',
    500: '#36bbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36bbd1;
$custom-light: #84cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36bbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.516,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73155,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36BBD1
secondary
#D3998F
accent
#5942E6
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#36BBD1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva